It has resulted in an Australian Research Council Linkage Project grant, using novel technology developed in Prof Alexandrov’s lab for selecting and testing engineered enzymes.

Dr Speight said testing results in an industrial lab would help direct future research “to produce enzymes that have real benefits for farmers and for Bioproton’s business”.

“This new facility will strengthen the collaboration. It will also be a catalyst to help us collaborate with researchers and companies in the fermentation scale-up, feed milling and animal feed testing areas.”